I. עַם,
עָם 1840 noun masculineGenesis 11:6 (see below)
people (Late Hebrew
id., plebeian, common man;
עַמָּא people, plural
peoples, tribes, etc.; Syriac
; Arabic
see above; original meaning probably
those united, connected, related, compare We
GGN 1893, 480); — absolute
עַם Genesis 11:6 +,
עָם Judges 9:36 +,
הָעָם Joshua 8:11 +; construct
עַם Numbers 21:29 +; suffix
עַמִּי Exodus 3:7 +,
עַמְּךָ Exodus 22:27 [
Exodus 22:28] +, etc.; plural
עַמִּים Isaiah 2:3 +,
עֲמָמִים (compare Biblical Aramaic)
Nehemiah 9:22; construct
עַמֵּי 1 Kings 8:43 +,
עַמְמֵי Nehemiah 9:24; plural with suffix see II.
עַם; — (Thes cites following as
feminine וְחָטָאת עַמֶּ֑ךָ Exodus 5:16 [but corrupt and unintelligable; read perhaps
וְחַטָאתָ לְע׳, so
Di];
Judges 18:7 [but
ישֶׁבֶת must agree with lost word
city, or the like, see GFM];
Jeremiah 8:5 [but read
שׁוֺבַב for
שׁוֺבְבָה Gie]); —
1. a people, nation (sometimes ||
גּוֺי), collective noun (singular
Exodus 21:8;
Joshua 17:14,
Joshua 17:15,
Joshua 17:17;
2 Samuel 17:29 + often, or plural —
Exodus 20:18,;
Exodus 24:2;
Jeremiah 5:31 + often, or both in the same clause
Exodus 1:20;
2 Samuel 13:24):
עַם אֶחָד = all mankind
Genesis 11:6 (J); peoples in general
Genesis 27:29 (J; ||
לְאֻמִּים),
Exodus 19:5 (E),
Deuteronomy 2:25;
Deuteronomy 4:6 + often in Deuteronomy;
Nehemiah 13:24 + often;
קְהַל עַמִּים Genesis 28:3 (P)
an assembly (multitude)
of peoples,
Genesis 48:4 (P),
Ezekiel 23:24;
Ezekiel 32:3 (+
רַבִּים); one's own people
Jeremiah 46:16;
Psalm 45:11 [
Psalm 45:10];
Ruth 1:10,
Ruth 1:15,
Ruth 1:16 (twice in verse) + (on
עַמִּי נָדִיב [
H5993 Songs 6:12] see especially Bu); particular peoples, Egypt
Genesis 41:40 (E),
Exodus 1:22 (E),
Nehemiah 9:10 +;
עַםאֲֿרָם Amos 1:5;
עַםכְּֿמוֺשׁ (i.e. Moab)
Numbers 21:29 (JE),
Jeremiah 48:46; but especially Israel
Exodus 1:20 (E) + often;
עַםבְּֿנֵי יִשׂ׳ Exodus 1:9 (J); called
יהוה ע׳ Numbers 11:29 (E),
1 Samuel 2:24 +, and (by
י׳)
עַמִּי Exodus 3:7;
Exodus 5:1 (J) + often (all periods);
קְהַל עַםהָֿאֱלֹהִים Judges 20:2,
עַםהַֿקָּהָל Leviticus 16:33 (P),
קְהַל עָם Psalm 107:32; especially
הָעָם הַזֶּה (often in contempt or disgust)
Numbers 11:1,
Numbers 11:12,
Numbers 11:13 +; figurative of ants
Proverbs 30:25, the
shaphan Proverbs 30:26, locusts
Joel 2:2, compare
לְעַם לְצִיִּים Psalm 74:14 (where read
לְעַם צִיִּים Hup-Now). — On
Judges 1:16 see
עֲמָלֵקִי.
2. = smaller units, e.g.
5. phrases are:
c. עַם הָאָרֶץ the people at large, as a body
2 Kings 11:14,
2 Kings 11:18,
2 Kings 11:19,
2 Kings 11:20;
2 Kings 15:5;
2 Kings 16:15;
2 Kings 21:24 (twice in verse) +,
Jeremiah 37:2;
Jeremiah 44:21;
Leviticus 20:2 (H),
Genesis 23:7,
Genesis 23:12,
Genesis 23:13 (P); common people
Jeremiah 34:19, compare
הא׳ דַּלַּת ע׳ 2 Kings 24:14; distinguished from prince
Ezekiel 45:22;
Ezekiel 46:3,
Ezekiel 46:9, from priests
Haggai 2:4;
Zechariah 7:5; = Canaanites
Numbers 14:9 (JE), compare
עַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ 1 Chronicles 5:25; mixed post-exile population
Ezra 4:4.
See related Aramaic BDB entry
H5972.
† II. [
עַם]
noun [
masculine]
kinsman **later development of I.
עַם RS
K 58; 2nd ed. 72, (on father's side) (Arabic
paternal uncle, etc., see I.
עמם; compare perhaps Tel Amarna
ammu,
kinsmen (?); on Nabataean
עם ancestor compare Lzb
151, 499; see also especially Nes
Eg 187, ZAW xvi (1896), 322 f. Krenkel
ib. viii (1888), 280-84); — suffix
עַמִּי in
בֶּןעַֿמִּי (which see), and proper name following; elsewhere plural suffix
עַמֶּיךָ Numbers 27:13;
Numbers 31:2 (
Leviticus 19:16 read
עַמְּךָ Sam), + (possibly)
עֲמָמֶיךָ Judges 5:14;
עַמָּיו Genesis 25:8 +
15 times,
עַמֶּיהָ Genesis 17:14 +
3 times; read
עַמַּי (for MT
עַמִּי, I.
עַם; compare Krenkel
l.c. 281)
Genesis 49:29 and perhaps
Judges 14:3 (compare
Leviticus 21:14); according to Buhl Kit also
2 Kings 4:13; —
father's kinsmen: וַיֵּאָסֵף אֶלעַֿמָּיו Genesis 25:8 (of joining kinsmen in
Sh‘eôl), so
Genesis 25:17;
Genesis 35:29;
Genesis 49:33;
Numbers 20:24;
Deuteronomy 32:50, compare
Genesis 49:29 (see above),
Numbers 27:13;
Numbers 31:2;
Deuteronomy 32:50 (all P);
וְנִכְרְתָה הַנֶּפֶשׁ מֵעַמֶּיהָ Genesis 17:4 (severed from living kinsmen), so
Leviticus 7:20,
Leviticus 7:21,
Leviticus 7:25,
Leviticus 7:27;
Leviticus 19:8;
Leviticus 23:29;
Numbers 9:13,
מִקֶּרֶב עַמֶּיהָ Exodus 31:14, compare
Exodus 30:33,
Exodus 30:38;
Leviticus 17:9 (all PH);
מֵעַמָּיו יִקַּח אִשָּׁה Leviticus 21:14 (H), and perhaps
Judges 14:3 (simile I.
עַם : [
םָ֯,
הָּ֯]
מִקֶּרֶב עַמּוֺ Leviticus 17:4,
Leviticus 17:10;
Leviticus 18:29+); other combinations
Judges 5:14 (si vera lectio read perhaps
בְּעַמֶּ֑ךָ, see I.
עַם 2 d),
Leviticus 21:1,
Leviticus 21:4,
Leviticus 21:15 (H),
Ezekiel 18:18 and (perhaps)
2 Kings 4:13. —
בֶּןעַֿמִּי perhaps =
son of my kinsman; on proper name with
עַם see Gray
Prop. N. 41 ff.
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